March 4th, 2013
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In this original BTB Investigation, we unveil the tragic story of Kirk Murphy, a four-year-old boy who was treated for “cross-gender disturbance” in 1970 by a young grad student by the name of George Rekers. This story is a stark reminder that there are severe and damaging consequences when therapists try to ensure that boys will be boys.
When we first reported on three American anti-gay activists traveling to Kampala for a three-day conference, we had no idea that it would be the first report of a long string of events leading to a proposal to institute the death penalty for LGBT people. But that is exactly what happened. In this report, we review our collection of more than 500 posts to tell the story of one nation’s embrace of hatred toward gay people. This report will be updated continuously as events continue to unfold. Check here for the latest updates.
In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that “[Paul] Cameron’s ‘science’ echoes Nazi Germany.” What the SPLC didn”t know was Cameron doesn’t just “echo” Nazi Germany. He quoted extensively from one of the Final Solution’s architects. This puts his fascination with quarantines, mandatory tattoos, and extermination being a “plausible idea” in a whole new and deeply disturbing light.
On February 10, I attended an all-day “Love Won Out” ex-gay conference in Phoenix, put on by Focus on the Family and Exodus International. In this series of reports, I talk about what I learned there: the people who go to these conferences, the things that they hear, and what this all means for them, their families and for the rest of us.
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word "Change" Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change"
At last, the truth can now be told.
Using the same research methods employed by most anti-gay political pressure groups, we examine the statistics and the case studies that dispel many of the myths about heterosexuality. Download your copy today!
And don‘t miss our companion report, How To Write An Anti-Gay Tract In Fifteen Easy Steps.
Anti-gay activists often charge that gay men and women pose a threat to children. In this report, we explore the supposed connection between homosexuality and child sexual abuse, the conclusions reached by the most knowledgeable professionals in the field, and how anti-gay activists continue to ignore their findings. This has tremendous consequences, not just for gay men and women, but more importantly for the safety of all our children.
Anti-gay activists often cite the “Dutch Study” to claim that gay unions last only about 1½ years and that the these men have an average of eight additional partners per year outside of their steady relationship. In this report, we will take you step by step into the study to see whether the claims are true.
Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council submitted an Amicus Brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals as that court prepared to consider the issue of gay marriage. We examine just one small section of that brief to reveal the junk science and fraudulent claims of the Family “Research” Council.
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics aren’t as complete as they ought to be, and their report for 2004 was no exception. In fact, their most recent report has quite a few glaring holes. Holes big enough for Daniel Fetty to fall through.
Sandhorse
March 4th, 2013
The look on the little girls eyes while she gets hugged is pure gold!
Priceless…
Kathy
March 4th, 2013
Once we overturn DOMA and my husband and I are forced to divorce and become gay, I hope Melissa Harris Perry will fall madly in love with me. I figure she’ll have to divorce and become a lesbian too, right?
chiMaxx
March 4th, 2013
This is kinda dumb. It’s not funny or clever–rather pretty thunderingly obvious–and it’s not going to convince anyone on any side of the argument. Why this video has gotten ay traction today is a mystery to me. More Macklemore, less inane stuff like this.
San Diego Rob
March 4th, 2013
At first watching it I thought it was real, then I started laughing towards the end.
Edwin
March 4th, 2013
How dumb do these people think we are.
Even most of the straight people don’t
agree with these anti-gay nuts.
mikeksf
March 4th, 2013
chiMaxx
Chill
Ben in Oakland
March 5th, 2013
Edwin, I think you’re wrong about that. The 48% of heterosexuals who would vote against us don’t have any particular reasons for it, frequently. That’s why the phrase “defense of marriage” has power.
I think this video will reach some people.
chiMaxx
March 6th, 2013
Mikeksf:
This video was thunderously dumb and dull, as obvious as a pimple on the forehead, as clunky as an old car. It got shared on numerous gay blogs, and it’s a complete mystery to me why.
Priya Lynn
March 6th, 2013
I on the other hand thought it was great.
Jim Burroway
March 6th, 2013
There are those for whom parody will always be a mystery.
chiMaxx
March 6th, 2013
I love parody. But parody is subtle and seductive–it should leave you wondering for a moment: “Are they serious?
This is no Jon Swift http://jonswift.blogspot.com/ (RIP, Al Weisel) or Christwire. ” (cf: http://christwire.org/2012/07/avengers-2-film-will-force-homosexuality-on-children/ ; http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2009/03/rod-dreher-finds-subtle-nuances-in-mass.html ).
When the performances are this over-the-top to begin with, it’s just mockery: parody is impossible.
chiMaxx
March 6th, 2013
Compare, for example, this classic from 2007: http://www.eveningservice.com/TakeMyHand
Priya Lynn
March 6th, 2013
Lighten up Chimaxx.
chiMaxx
March 7th, 2013
Why? How we deploy humor is as important as how we deploy our reasoned arguments.
Priya Lynn
March 7th, 2013
Lighten up because there’s no harm in this humour. You think you can do better no one is stopping you.
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